Buy a Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD: https://lmg.gg/FZksz Sign up for Linode to get your $100 in 60-day credit at https://linode.com/ltt How much does RAM speed matter? It's a question we've covered before, but with new platforms from AMD and Intel, and of course the new DDR5 spec, it's time to go down the rabbit hole once more... Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1487797-does-ram-speed-really-matter-ddr5-edition/ Check out the parts on the rigs we used for texting: Intel Core i9 - 13900K Processor: https://geni.us/QEC6 AMD Ryzen 9 7950x Processor: https://geni.us/IQopks ASUS Z790 Hero Motherboard: https://geni.us/Wkx0 Gigabyte X670E Aorus Extreme Motherboard: https://geni.us/uUwno MSI Pro Z790-P WiFi DDR4 Motherboard: https://geni.us/zOPbBUq Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 FE GPU: https://geni.us/4v1AZJ And check out some of the RAM we tested: G Skill Trident Z DDR4 3600 CL14: https://geni.us/3hU2Gaq G.Skill Trident Z5 5600 CL40: https://geni.us/41OzVMc G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL30: https://geni.us/4OZOQG G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6800 CL34: https://geni.us/WIuJe G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 7200 CL34: https://geni.us/QrzKq Crucial DDR5 4800 CL40: https://geni.us/ZmTm Crucial DDR5 5200 CL42: https://geni.us/ywIZkl Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: null ► LTX 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: https://lmg.gg/ltx23 ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: https://lmg.gg/sponsors ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: null Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:10 Intel 2:10 1% Lows 3:05 Higher Speeds 3:50 Latency 5:15 AMD 6:20 Games 8:10 Productivity 9:00 Conclusion 10:32 Outro